This issue will cover importing new paper prices from your paper vendors.

 

I will also discuss what a typical visit would consist of. I hope to hear from you soon, and thanks for reading my newsletters. The emails from users like yourself are over whelming, Thank you very much!

 

David

Many paper vendors have sent you their new paper prices for 2010. Now would be a good time to review your paper prices as well as all of your other prices that you charge.  

 

You will either receive a disk or download them from the papers website. A few things to remember before importing them into PrintSmith:

1) Make sure they are in the correct format to import properly.

2) Make sure they are the correct prices that you are paying -- if they aren't, you can probably import the list into Excel and change the prices to reflect your actual cost, you can also do it within PrintSmith, however, that may be very time consuming.

3) Before you do the import, make sure you back up PrintSmith -- this way if there is an error, you can revert to your back up.

 

If you are just updating your prices, then the present stocks will remain and only the new prices will go into PrintSmith. If you never did imported papers into PrintSmith before, then you would have to do a full import as PrintSmith needs the vendor name and stock numbers for an update to work.

 

If you are going to do a fresh update (deleting all your stocks and importing a new stock database) please be careful and a few things will happen:

1) Copying a job from history will give you an error message that the paper is no longer in PrintSmith.

2) Your prices from history will probably change.

 

There are many benefits to having a fresh stock database, however there are some concerns that you would need to be aware of.

 

A Typical visit will accomplish pre defined goals of the users. However, normally we go over the paper prices, I will import the above if you are uncertain on how to do it.

 

We will also go over COSTING and the other optional parts of PrintSmith (Report Writer/Scheduler/Tracker). 

 

In todays economic climate, it is imperative to make sure you have your COSTS correct in PrintSmith, and with the new costing feature, many users are using my services to make sure their PrintSmith is up to date and calculating their exact costs.

 

Please feel free to call or email me and we can schedule a visit. My visit to you will be very beneficial and will save you money in the long run. Many of my clients have recouped my charges within days or weeks of my visit!

 

 

 

Bar Code Scanners are being sold at a discount from other vendors. These bar code scanner save time and it keeps the WIP and Pending List current and up to date. Just scan the job ticket, scan the location and the WIP and Pending List will be automatically updated! No more walking around the shop to find an order!

 

Also, the bar code scanners are used for Tracker as well. Scan to start/pause/stop!